Abstract
This article briefly reports on a study that examined crashes involving pickup trucks (PU) and passenger cars (PS) in British Columbia for the year 2002. Injury rates and vehicle damage severity were compared in crashes between vehicles of differing size and mass. PS are defined as vehicles on car frames; PU are vehicles on truck frames. Results showed that vehicle damage was less severe for PU and more severe for PS in PS-PU crashes. In PS-PU crashes, overall injury rates were higher among the occupants of PS than PU vehicles. Occupants in PS that collide with PU were at twice the risk for injury. The authors conclude that to minimize the economic burden of vehicle body damage and road trauma, policy makers should promote the purchase of small cars with good occupant protection. The authors also recommend that PU vehicles be taxed at higher rates than PS by incorporating a surcharge for safety into road taxes, annual vehicle insurance fees, or vehicle registration fees.
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